Karen Weise

tech reporter covering Amazon, NYT

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The U.S. is seeing a wave of job cuts at some of the biggest tech companies, including Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Salesforce, Stripe, Redfin, and Lyft.

Layoffs at Amazon, Meta, Twitter: What do they say about US economy?

The U.S. is seeing a wave of job cuts at some of the biggest tech companies, including Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Salesforce, Stripe, Redfin, and Lyft.

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Investors from China bought $22 billion worth of homes in the United States last year and Arcadia, in the San Gabriel Valley, is a microcosm of what’s happening around the country.

Chinese Millionaires Are Snapping Up LA Real Estate

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